Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Diversity and Inclusion
• 1 Creating, Packaging, and Distributing Plug-in Projects
  • About Plug-in Projects
  • Creating Plug-in Projects
  • Packaging Plug-in Projects
    • Creating Feature Projects
    • Creating Update Site Projects
  • Distributing Plug-in Projects
• 2 Working with Design Patterns
  • About Design Patterns
    • About the Design Pattern Framework
    • About the Design Pattern Development Life Cycle
    • About the Design Pattern Development Environment
    • About Design Pattern Folder Structure
      • About the pattern.xml File
  • Developing Custom Design Patterns
  • Creating Design Pattern Plug-in Projects
  • Modeling Design Patterns
    • Reviewing Design Pattern Configuration Data
    • Defining a Description for a Design Pattern
    • Leveraging Logic from Existing Design Patterns
    • Defining Context for Design Patterns
    • Defining Target Projects for Design Patterns
    • Working with Tokens
      • About Tokens
      • About Token Types
      • About Entity Reference Tokens
      • About Element Reference Tokens
      • About Regular Expressions
      • About Token Functions
      • About Token Conditions
      • Defining Tokens for Design Patterns
    • Defining Token Groups for Design Patterns
    • Defining the Manifest for Design Patterns
    • Working with Design Pattern Actions
      • About Action Elements
      • About Design Pattern Action Types
      • About Actions Used in Conceptual Modeling
      • About the Design Pattern Action Reference Table
      • Defining Actions for Design Patterns
    • Defining Custom Actions
    • About Conditions
    • Defining Inputs for Design Patterns
    • Securing Design Pattern Information
  • Invoking Custom Java Code from Design Patterns
    • About the IDesignPatternCustomAction Java Interface
    • About Registering Your Java Class
    • About Calling Your Custom Java Code
  • Testing Design Patterns
  • Applying Design Patterns
    • About the Design Pattern Summary Page
  • Design Pattern Examples
    • Example: Adding Project Dependencies
    • Example: Defining Tokens for Resources
    • Example: Defining Tokens as Default Values
    • Example: Defining Action Subjects or Participants With Values External to Design Patterns
    • Example: Supporting Multiple Selections for Entity Reference Tokens
  • Working with Cheat Sheets
• 3 Working with Guided Assistance
  • Working with Guided Assistance
    • About the Guided Assistance Dialog Box
    • Working with Guided Assistance Design Patterns
      • Creating Guided Assistance Using Design Patterns
    • Working with the Guided Assistance Extension Point
      • Guided Assistance Extension Point Example
    • Distributing Guided Assistance
  • About the Design Pattern and Guided Assistance SDK Folder
• 4 Working with the Design Studio Exchange Format
  • About the Design Studio Exchange Format
  • About the Exchange Format Model Lifecycle
  • About the Exchange Format Architecture
  • About the Design Studio Model Schemas
    • Viewing the Design Studio Schemas
  • About the Design Studio Exchange Format Model
    • Element Attributes and Children
    • Entity Attributes and Children
    • Element Lists
    • Relation Attributes
    • Named Relation Lists
• 5 Extending Design Studio
  • About Extending Design Studio
  • Extending Design Studio with Action Commands
    • Adding the Design Studio Action Command Example to a Workspace
    • About the design.studio.example.action.command Example Project
      • Adding Commands to the Studio Menu
      • Adding Commands to the Design Studio Toolbar
      • Adding Commands to the Solution View Context Menu
      • Adding Commands to the Studio Projects View Context Menu
      • Adding Commands to the Package Explorer View Context Menu
      • Adding Commands to the Project Explorer View Context Menu
      • Configuring the Visibility of Commands Using the Property Tester
      • Configuring the Visibility of Commands Using the File Extension of Resources
      • Obtaining the Model From a Resource Using the Design Studio Model Java API
      • Obtaining the Model From an Entity Relation Using the Design Studio Model Java API
      • Obtaining the Model From an Element Relation Using the Design Studio Model Java API
  • About Design Studio View Identifiers
  • Adding Custom Logic to Design Studio Builds
• 6 Working with Reports
  • About Design Studio Reports
    • About the Design Studio Reporting Architecture
    • About the Design Pattern Development Life Cycle
    • About Report Designs
    • About the Report Designer
      • About the Expression Builder
    • About Report Generation
  • About Data Sources
  • About Data Sets
  • Adding the Report Design Example to the Workspace
  • Customizing Existing Design Studio Reports
  • Developing Custom Report Designs
    • Creating Report Design Files
    • Creating Design Studio Report Parameters
    • Creating the Design Studio Data Source Entity
    • Creating Data Set Entities
    • Defining the Data to Add to Reports
      • Defining Computed Columns for Data Sets
      • Defining Filtering Conditions for Data Sets
      • Merging Data Sets
      • Filtering Data Sets for Tables
      • Nesting Tables
      • Concatenating Rows into Comma-Separated Values
    • Defining Data Presentation in Reports
      • Hiding Content Based on Output Format
      • Defining Value Mapping Rules
      • Defining Value Highlighting Rules
    • Adding Additional Report Design Elements
      • Adding the Current Date to a Report
      • Adding Page Numbers
      • Dynamically Selecting Images
      • Creating Internal Links Between Report Items
      • Creating Table of Contents Entries
      • Defining Text as HTML
  • Working with XPath Expression Patterns
    • About XPath Expression Patterns for Row Mapping
    • About XPath Expression Patterns for Column Mapping
    • About XPath Expression Parameters
  • Working with Report Data Filters
  • Testing Report Designs
    • Testing Custom Report Designs Using the Report Designer
    • Testing Custom Report Designs Using the Generate Report Wizard
  • Working with the Design Studio Report Examples
    • About the Design Studio Report Design Example
  • Troubleshooting Report Designs
  • Adding Reports and Report Categories to the Generate Report Wizard
  • Extending Design Studio Reporting
    • About the Design Studio Report Processor Example
    • Extending Reporting Tasks by Adding Report Processors
• 7 Working with Design Studio Model Java API
  • About the Design Studio Model Java API
  • About Design Studio Model Java API Utility Classes and Methods
  • About Design Studio Model Java API Package Dependencies
• 8 Importing Entities into Design Studio
  • Importing Conceptual Model Entities
    • Importing Exchange Format Data from External Catalog
  • Importing Inventory Entities
    • Adding the Design Studio Import Inventory Examples to a Workspace
    • About the design.studio.example.import.inventory Example Project
      • Adding Import Commands to the Studio Projects View Context Menu
      • Invoking the Import Inventory API Using an XML File
      • Invoking the Import Inventory API Using a Resource Object
      • Adding External Data to an Inventory Project
      • Accessing Import Errors and Warnings
    • Viewing the Design Studio Inventory Data Schema
• 9 Working with Source Control
  • About Source Control
    • About Source Control Strategies for Design Studio Files
• 10 Deploying Cartridges to Environments
  • Deploying Cartridges to Run-Time Environments with the Cartridge Management Tool
  • Working with Additional Cartridge Deployment Tools
• 11 Working with Externally Created Data Schemas
  • About Design Studio Data Schemas
  • Modeling Data Using XML Data Schemas
  • About Supported XML Schema Features
  • About Unsupported Schema Directives and Elements
• 12 Design Studio Platform Tools
  • Working with Oracle Enterprise Packet for Eclipse
    • About Java Development Tools
    • About Database Development Tools
    • About Application and WebLogic Server Tools
    • About Web Application Tools
    • About JPA and Oracle Coherence Tools
  • About Third-Party Tools
• 13 Extending Solution Designer
  • About Extending Solution Designer
  • About Extended Designer Class
    • About Extension Points
  • Working with Extended Designer Class
  • Example: Extended Designer Class